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Lord Briggs, former vice chancellor of Sussex University and historian of the BBC, is one of 13 media academics and practitioners elected to residential fellowships for the academic year 1995/96 by...
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Going west
Ron Johnston, who is to retire as vice chancellor of Essex University at the end of the academic year, has been appointed professor of geography at Bristol University. Ivor Crewe, professor of...
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Internet service
The THES Internet Service, carries details of the contents of this week's newspaper including all job advertisements, quality assessments for teaching and research and other information. It is...
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Glaxo gift will reopen property debate
A new laboratory at Bradford University funded by pharmaceutical giant Glaxo has reopened the debate over ownership of intellectual property rights in joint ventures between academics and industry....
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Wellcome guards its property
The Wellcome Trust plans to set up a technology transfer company to exploit intellectual property rights associated with research work it backs in universities. The idea was floated by the Wellcome...
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Forward into Battle over science funding policy
The Government's science policy is devoid of long-term thinking, lacking coordination between Government departments and has resulted in real terms reductions in funding, according to John Battle,...
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Union chief predicts recruitment crisis . . .
Old universities are likely to face a major recruitment crisis in the next four years because of a retirement bulge and poor academic pay, Peter Breeze, president of the Association of University...
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Ministers toy with private loans idea
The Government is considering piloting a privately-backed student loans scheme for postgraduates, which could eventually replace the current loans system. Ministers were this week examining the...
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Handsworth hits back at inspectors
Britain's most extensive college franchise operation has been heavily criticised by the Further Education Funding Council. But Handsworth College in Birmingham has hit back saying the inspection of...
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Role of women in the third world
(Photograph) - They borrow, they save, they invest and repay, they create wealth as well as families. Yet the role of women in the third world has been largely ignored by mainstream economics. Partha...
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Apes, rape and jolly japes
Reflections on Eden - Kanzi
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Behaving out of character
Personality and Intelligence
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Getting your ACT together
Rules of the Mind
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Hansard meets Radio Times
The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom
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How to tell the real thing
Distributed Cognitions - Cognitive Psychology In and Out of the Laboratory